Web Exclusive: Wrong Number?
September 2011
By:
Nina H.
| Chicago, Illinois
A chance misdial prevented her from picking up the first drink
"No Grappa For You!”
June 2011
By:
Nicola M.
| Laguna Niguel, California
At the border of Slovenia and Northern Italy, the universal language of sobriety is spoken
East to Joshua Tree
May 2011
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
Criss-crossing the 150-degree Mojave can be hellish if you’re hungover
Step One on Repeat
March 2011
By:
Barbara
On her one-year anniversary, a member recalls the fear and excitement of early sobriety
Web Exclusive: I Fell to My Knees and Simply Prayed, ‘Help’
March 2011
By:
Kim B.
At 18 months, a member expresses her new-found joy in early recovery.
Web Exclusive: What It’s Like Now
March 2011
By:
Ginger
| Evansdale, Iowa
An old-timer tells why it’s important to share what she’s going through today.
Right Before My Eyes
September 2008
By:
Mike K.
| Kenai, Alaska
An AA witnesses the slow, steady growth of a group in prison
Listening and Learning
January 2008
By:
Nicholas Y.
| Penngrove, California
A newcomer gets sober one phrase at a time
The List-maker
August 2007
By:
David C.
| Springfield, Missouri
HE HAD A GREAT PLAN. IT JUST DIDN'T WORK.
Five Alcoholics Looking for the Perfect Pitch
August 1944
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
June 1944
Around the World With a Bottle
March 2011
By:
Jerry S.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
After years of booze, jails and despair, an American gets sober in Portugal
The Twelfth Concept
December 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concept for World Service
My Son, the Alcoholic
April 1967
By:
G. N. G.
| Forest Hills, New York
On Irish cops and rye bread, 'shickers,' and what was wrong with Ham's father
Some Writers I Have Known
May 1963
By:
Upton Sinclair
How a top writer of his day views John Barleycorn's merciless plunder of literary talent
Bad Girls Club
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Cerina B.
| Ada, Oklahoma
After tragic losses and a 20 year sentence, she took what she learned in rehab and got to work helping the women inside
Dear Grapevine
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
Tale of 3 Sponsors
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Joycee C.
| Englewood, Florida
She put some through hell, but she listened and learned about life, love and helping others
Dear Grapevine
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Faith & Flour
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Bernice S.
| Lincoln, Neb.
With one cup of AA and a pound of love, a sober mom bakes some delicious joy
Dear Grapevine
September 2022
| Young & Sober
Service Is My Cornerstone
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Mary G.
| Huntington, Calif.
At the heart of her sobriety—women being of service to other women
51 years of peeling the onion
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Dick J.
| Riverside, Calif.
One day in 1971 he listened to that still small voice and made a decision. What an adventure it’s been